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1) Deadline
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To learn who killed a loathsome gossip columnist, Bognor joins the paper Staggering homeward from a banquet, St. John Derby decides it would be easier to stagger back to work instead. When he reaches his desk, the booze-addled gossip columnist treats himself to a massive tumbler of port and calls for a taxi. By the time the cab arrives, the port is spilled on the carpet, mingling with the blood leaking from Derby's cut throat. No one will mourn his...
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`A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETTThe fourteenth and final instalment in the much-loved The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely gripping village detective series with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans of Agatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders.READER'S CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ANDREA'S QUIRKY CRIME NOVELS!***** 'Andrea Frazer's imagination is wonderful... her mysteries are populated by great, quirky...
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Lil Starling and husband Joe receive an invitation from her best childhood friend to go back to her hometown of Warsaw, NY to receive accolades for solving a fifty-one-year-old murder. Simultaneously, her friend, Federal Judge Stone, informs Lil that several federal inmates could be released from federal prison on a technicality. The technicality spawned appeals that stemmed from the prosecuting attorney that threatened Lil and Joe. She was about...
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Former police detective Michael McLaren is looking forward to spending Christmas at his grandfather's ancient Hall. Not only because it will be his first holiday with his grandfather and uncle, but also with his lady love, Melanie.Everything seems perfect for the Scottish Highland getaway. Even Mother Nature is contributing snow, adding a festive and romantic overtone to the gathering. But McLaren's holiday plan gets snowed under when a dead man is...
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As a result of a mysterious phone call, Sergeant Sean Begley of the National Bureau of Criminal Investigation in Dublin is on the trail to find out what happened to the man who rang him to say that he was on the point of death. Could this all have been an accident or possibly suicide? After investigating a group of grasping relatives, a vengeful wife and a cyber blackmailer who are linked to the caller, the sergeant realizes that this might be a case...
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Lord Clive' bought his lordship at a 'Lord of the Manor' sale where titles fetch anything from two thousand to two hundred thousand pounds. Why not buy another cheap and sell it high? Why stop at only one customer? When some of his American buyers, each of whom imagines himself an English lord, come to England to inspect their property Clive leaves the beautiful Jane Strachey to handle them.But Clive was careless who he sold to, and among his victims...
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After a brush with death in New Orleans, Cameron De La Valle is getting back to work and traveling to California for a one-night-only concert. The potential dangers presented by too many choices and a wild circle of new friends is nothing compared to the danger presented by the stalker watching him from the shadows...
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Bognor tries to understand how a publishing magnate could have been crushed by smut Before retiring for the night, Vernon Hemlock pours a brandy, lights a cigar, and takes a look at his cache of pornography. Far more than a wad of dirty magazines stashed under a mattress, this is a collection of some of the world's finest erotica, dating back as far as a dirty doodle drawn by da Vinci. The millionaire publisher is perusing the Swedish section when...
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Bognor braves the frost to discover who has murdered Canada's richest man In his lavish private train car, Sir Roderick Farquhar draws a bath. When it has been filled to his satisfaction, the portly captain of industry tips in three drops of bath oil and lowers himself into the steam. Within seconds, the poison in the oil has stopped his heart and ruined Simon Bognor's winter. A special investigator for Britain's Board of Trade, Bognor makes the...
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Marital and extra marital relationship is nothing, just a search of love and shelter . But today people feels to give the priority of money and lust, where love is misguided. Third person comes in everyone's life like a cold wind which helps us to take a comfortable breathe but it as per the situation it doesn't take a long time to become a storm. Expectation of love and possessiveness leads to make a person monster. Swagatam Sengupta is a fiction...
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E. C. R. Lorac spins a twisting tale full of wry humor and red herrings, poking some fun at her contemporary reviewers, who long suspected the Lorac pseudonym to belong to a male author.
Vivian Lestrange-celebrated author of the popular mystery novel The Charterhouse Case and total recluse-has apparently dropped off the face of the Earth. After he was reported missing by his secretary Eleanor, whom Inspector Bond suspects to be the author herself,...
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Whispers of the Silent Shadows," a mysterious disappearance, sets the stage for an intricate web of secrets and enigmas. As detective Sarah Reynolds delves into the case, she discovers a series of cryptic messages, hidden rooms, and long-buried family secrets. The story weaves through midnight intrigues, forgotten diaries, and illusions of innocence, keeping readers on the edge of their seats. Can Sarah unravel the tangled threads of deceit before...
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American Fiction Awards Finalist - Mystery/Humor PenCraft Awards Winner for Literary Excellence (Mystery) "Boswell continues his genre-defying series in this ambitious adventure…" –Publishers' Weekly ***This box set includes the first three mystery novels in the Simon Grave Mystery series by Len Boswell. Book #6, Simon Grave and the Wrath of Grapes, is now available! A Grave Misunderstanding (Book 1) Murder has come once more to the seaside town...
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Chloe Dane inherits a fabled ancestral estate-and plunges into deadly danger-in this novel of romance and suspense from the author of the acclaimed Miss Silver Mysteries The lowly assistant to a London dressmaker, Chloe Dane yearns for a new life. She has bittersweet memories of being a carefree child playing hide-and-seek at Danesborough, her family's magnificent country estate. Decades later, the ancestral mansion has been restored to its former...
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En la resplandeciente metrópolis de Crandon, la vida de los ciudadanos gira en torno a la temporada de apareamiento, tan importante, bajo la atenta mirada del gobierno autoritario. Jona y Remi, dos jóvenes empleados administrativos, sienten los primeros indicios de inquietud cuando se promulgan opresivas nuevas regulaciones de ovulación. Cuando finalmente llega la tan esperada frenesí de apareamiento, el instinto sobrepasa el condicionamiento...
17) Lark
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A corrupt cop must investigate a series of bizarre murders in order to save his city from itself in this grim hard-boiled thriller. Middleburg, Connecticut, is a dying river town, and Tommy Lark will be its undertaker. A hardened veteran of the local police force, Lark has worked in Middleburg for twenty-two years-each one worse than the year before. When he was an idealistic young rookie, his partner killed a suspect by accident, and Lark planted...
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`A mischievously entertaining crime novel' SIMON BRETTThe first instalment in The Falconer Files, Andrea Frazer's insanely grippingvillage detective series with a delightful slice of humour. Perfect for fans ofAgatha Christie, Lillian Jackson Braun and Midsomer Murders.READER'S CAN'T GET ENOUGH OF ANDREA'S QUIRKY CRIME NOVELS!***** 'Probably one of the best mystery novels I have read. Such complex characters... and a lovely description of village...
19) In the Fog
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A cleverly atmospheric story-within-a-story with a twist, wherein four members of an exclusive London Gentleman's Club take turns weaving a tale of a double murder.
On the evening following the great fog of 1897, four strangers are dining at an exclusive gentleman's club, while a fifth, Sir Andrew, is just finishing the last few pages of a pulp mystery novel. As Sir Andrew rises to leave, a visiting American diplomat announces that the previous...
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From a British Golden Age author "in a class by himself among detective story writers," Scotland Yard Inspector Appleby helps a student solve a murder (The Times Literary Supplement).
On holiday in the English countryside with his fellow university students, young David Henchman sets out alone for a hike across the moor. But instead of finding tranquil solitude, he stumbles upon a dead body. At first, David suspects suicide-until he spots a stranger...
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